Ridgeway grandfather clock serial number 32580

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Movement вЂ“ Not seen but assumed original to this case, genuine and remaining functional. A long pendulum rod and brass bob swings at the back of the movement.Д¬ONDITION: Case вЂ“ A very handsome and well thought out Hall clock, a bit bulky aesthetically but overall, well balanced, colorful and well made. They power the clock for eight days, for striking the hours on short metal rods and for playing one of three chimes quarterly by using eight movement hammers striking on eight varying length metal rods. There would be an anchor recoil escapement, three sprocket gears to take up the manually wound link chain for each of the three weights. The movement would have solid brass plates connected by tubular brass pillars screwed with nuts, washers and screws to hold the two plates together. MOVEMENT: Not shown but would usually be an imported German made movement, either made by Urgos, Franz Hermle or Kieninger, all located in West Germany. A lever above the dial is for setting one of the three choices of chimes: Westminster, Whittington and Winchester. The lunette has a global вЂbossвЂ™вЂ™ marked for Tempus Fugit (Time Flies) flanked by two foliate boss spandrels. The main dial is marked for Ridgeway in the dial center and at the base of the hour chapter ring, вЂњWestern GermanyвЂќ. Below that is a short stepped cornice leading down to the broad base moulding which sits flat to the floor with no feet.ДIAL: This is an arched brass dial plate with a silvered Arabic hour chapter ring, applied brass hours in circular cartouche form, foliate half hour markers, textured matte gilt dial center, steel Chippendale-style hands and applied вЂchieftainвЂ™ silvered spandrels in the four dial corners. A concave moulding leads one down to the square base with inset panel ornamented with a Dore bronze laurel wreath in the center and brass foliate spandrels in each of the four corners. The trunk door is flanked again by two ebonized and gilt half columns to either side of the trunk faГ§ade. The glazed door allows one to observe the fall of the three brass canister weights and the arc of the pendulum as it swings.

#Ridgeway grandfather clock serial number 32580 full

There is a full length glazed rectilinear door with a horizontal frieze above decorated with a Dore bronze anthemion having a central rosette. Just below the hood is an ogival-shaped moulding transitioning down to the trunk. The tympanum has an arched cornice above the arched glazed dial door flanked by ebonized and patinated gilt half round colonnettes. Below is a stepped overhung cornice above the tympanum of the hood which has two shaped four-sided panels applied above the dial.

вЂMy Dad bought it in 1972 and it's been in my family ever since.вЂ™Д¬ASE: 74' high, 18' wide, 11' deep, cherrywood/maple, Hall clock with a caddy top pediment above the canted solid fretwork with applied Dore bronze laurel wreath with tied ribbon bow decoration applied to the fret. (See history below) Accompanied by the original warranty card of the Graveley Furniture Company. I shall try to help you with that tonight.Д¬herrywood and maple with Dore bronze ornaments, three chain driven weights, eight-day time, strike and quarterly chiming (three choices of chimes) Hall clock (name for the modern grandfather clock since 1898), Model Q-339, cabaret finish, serial number 1112, вЂTempus FugitвЂ™ Ridgeway clock, using imported German movement and made and sold by the Gravely Furniture Company of Ridgeway, Virginia, circa 1970-1972. Thank you for sending in this family Hall clock to for an appraisal.